I was born and raised in Healdsburg, CA, where I was the editor of the Healdsburg High School Hound's Bark. I have since worked as a local journalist for publications in San Diego, Los Angeles, New York City and the Middle East — and most recently, as a senior product manager for Patch
Also: An NYPD officer dies from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the Bronx, and a city zoning meeting gets rowdy in Crown Heights.
Your tax dollars, hard at work.
Also: Cops are being told not to restrain suicide jumpers on the GW Bridge, and NYC's biggest recycling plant could shut down for a strike.
"He did not die in vain, but as a hero fighting for freedom," vigil organizers say.
Sardine-packed cells strewn in pee, poop, trash. Painful temps. No sanitary supplies. All this and more alleged at Brooklyn Central Booking.
Your song could be part of the soundtrack for Spike Lee's upcoming "She's Gotta Have It" Netflix series, filmed in the streets of Brooklyn.
Also: What to expect from NYC's wishy-washy weather gods this week, and the story behind a rare win against gentrification in Flatbush, BK.
On the same day Homeland Security announced plans to step up deportations nationwide.
Jennifer Bartoli, 24, went missing Sunday afternoon.
A black bull managed to escape the cleaver at a Queens slaughterhouse Tuesday morning — but ended up dying anyway, in NYPD custody.
Another city heat record could be broken this coming Thursday, forecasters say.
No TSA agents were present to check the stream of passengers Monday morning, even as the metal detector went wild, airport officials say.
Also: ICE drops new details on NYC immigrants detained last week, and a bookstore run by Brooklyn's literary elite prepares for opening day.
Also: Immigrants strike en masse across NYC, and Big Pharma bro Martin Shkreli has trouble finding a venue for his Wu-Tang listening party.
City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito used her final "State of the City" address at Kings Theatre to stand up for NYC's immigrants.
The resemblance between these humans and their show dogs is bordering on suspicious.
Beagles were the populist heroes of the 2017 Westminster Dog Show.
Plus: See the ultra-modern, prism-like building planned along the East River, and take MTA's latest invite to rant on the L Train shutdown.
A day in the life of the Westminster Dog Show's fluffiest runner-up.
Also: An Iraqi refugee learns the hard way that Times Square isn't all it's cracked up to be, and a school bus hops a sidewalk on the UES.
